Concepts of Epidemiology and Statistics In·Research Credits: 3

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This course introduces students to study design, principles, concepts, and application of epidemiological and statistical methods in research. First part of the course will cover understanding the epidemiological principle, measuring the occurrence of disease, measures of disease association, and types of study designs, interpretation and evaluation of epidemiologic research. Second part will provide hands-on experience for students on developing skills to analyze research data using appropriate statistical methods by means of statistical software to calculate the measures of disease association. This course will help students to evaluate health care studies with respect to study design, statistical analysis, interpretation, and evidences of association. During this course students will develop an epidemiologic study proposal. Students will learn to analyze and interpret the output of these analyses using the Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS).